Publicity Organiser

Read Easy Winchester provides free, confidential, one to-one reading coaching for adults who struggle with reading. We cover Andover, Eastleigh, Chandlers Ford, Romsey and areas in between. We are changing the lives of individual adults by providing them with the support they need to learn to read, and in turn opening doors for them to all sorts of new opportunities in life. You can read about the difference Read Easy makes on our website.

We have been operating in Winchester since 2015 and have a Management Team of 5, a Coordinator and 25 volunteer coaches. We are all volunteers.

As Publicity Organiser spreading the word is key to our local community understanding what Read Easy Winchester does and how people can get the reading support they need or volunteer to help. You will be creative, determined and passionate about communications, and bringing people together. You’ll be confident using local media, social media, and other resources provided by Read Easy UK to help get the message out there into your community about the life-changing journey of learning to read or of coaching someone.

What you will be doing:

• Liaising with the Management Team to decide on the group’s publicity needs
• Creating content for your group’s page on the Read Easy website
• Being instrumental in raising awareness by giving talks, putting up posters and talking to people generally about Read Easy
• Setting up and/or maintaining the group’s Facebook page, Twitter and/or other social media platforms to raise your group’s profile
• Becoming familiar with the resources available to you on the Read Easy website
• Organising the printing and placement of posters, leaflets, and other publicity materials
• Identifying any specific opportunities for publicity in the local media
• Ensuring that you have written permission from all parties to use any such material for the purposes you intend
• Providing stories and photographs for the Read Easy UK website and newsletter about your group’s activities and achievements
• Following ‘Read Easy Brand Guidelines’ to preserve a clearly recognisable and consistent Read Easy identity
• Attending Management Team meetings, typically once a month

What is in it for you?

• Develop publicity and marketing skills for a specific purpose
• Meet and work collaboratively with new people
• Be active and engaged, adding value to your local community

Skills

• Knowledge and previous experience of publicity/marketing are an advantage
• Good communication and people skills
• Knowledge and ability to use social media effectively is useful for the role
• The confidence to promote the work of Read Easy and a strong commitment to 
•  improving the lives of people who struggle with reading
• Reasonable confidence in using IT
• The ability to use initiative and work independently
• A willingness to abide by Read Easy policies and procedures
• An open attitude that encourages two-way communication and willingness to ask for and offer support to the Team
• A non-judgemental attitude and respect for others, with a commitment to equality and diversity, so that you can make everyone feel valued and included
• Energy and enthusiasm with an average of two hours a week to commit to the role